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HENRY A. TNISE lWOOD, OE NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE CAMPBELL PRIN'IIG PRESS AND MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OE SAME PLACE.

PRINTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,850, dated November 24, 1896.

Serial No. 515,128. (No model 'To all whom t may con/cern.-

Be it known that 1, HENRY A. IVISE WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York. and State ot New York, have invented a new and use- T'ul Improvement in Printing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a novel printingmachine for printing upon and manipulating a plurality of webs; and the especial object of my invention is to provide a simple printing mechanism from which a great variety'of products can be obtained, as hereinafter described.

To these ends my invention consists of the parts and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this speciiication.

In the accompanying five sheets of drawings, Figure l is a diagrammatic plan View of a printing-press constructed according to my invention, the parts being adjusted to produce a ten-pagepaper. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic sectional. View of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and tl are detail views ot the tapes for handling and collecting the sheets. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail View of the sheet-collecting mechanism. Figs. S and 9 are diagrammatic views illustrating the way a six-page paper is produced. Figs. l and ll are diagrammatic views illustrating the way an eight-page paper is produced. Figs. l2 and 1S are diagrammatic views illustrating the way a tenpage paper is produced. Figs. 11i and 15 are diagrannnatic views illustrating the way a twelve-page paper is produced, and Figs. 16 and 17 are diagrammatic views illustrating the way a fourteen-page paper is produced.

My invention consists in lcombining with a rotary press, which may be used to print a plurality of webs, means whereby one 0E the webs may be manipulated at a less speed than the peripheral speed ot the printing-cylinders, the speed et the printing-cylinders remainingconstant. Byt-his arrangement,with the ordinary three-pzfrge-wide press,I can obtain four, six, eight, ten, or twelve page papers, and with a four-page-wide press I can obtain the above and also fourteen or sixteen page papers. A ten -page product is eXtrem el y diiiicult tovobtain with the present printing mechanisms that are in use, and also a fourteen-page product is one of the most difficult to get.

In the application of my invention to a th ree-page-wide press by run ning a full-width and a half-width web and by nianipulating the half-width web or supplemental web at half speed and by collecting the same with two sheets from the main web I can obtain a ten-page product.

It is very desirable in presses to run the printing-couples at a constant speed, and I have devised, in combination with a press of this character, a novel feeding mechanism, whereby one of the webs will be alternately run and held stationary, so that only a portion of the periphery of the printing-cylinders will be utilized, whereby the press can be run at a constant speed and yet only a partial product delivered. By this arrangement I am enabled to obtain a ten-page paper in a three-page-wide press and also a fourteenpage paper in a four-page-wide press and still run the printing-couples at a constant speed. Further, the application of my invention in this manner leaves the press so that it can be used as an ordinary three-page-wide or fourpage-wide press.

Referring to the d rawings and in detail, A designates the first printing-cylinder, which is arranged in peripheral contact and coperates with an impression-cylinder l, the printing-cylin der being provided with form-inking rollers E, to which ink is conveyed from the distributing-rollers F and G.

C designates the second printing-cylinder, having similar form-inning rollers E', which receive ink from the distributing-rollers F' and G', the printing-cylinder C engaging and coperating with an impression-cylinder D for printing upon and perfecting the webs that are fed through the machine.

In the preferred arrangement of my improved printing-press I provide two webs, or a main web and a supplemental web, which are printed on and sheets therefrom associated to forni the desired product.

From the web-roll I the main web w is led over and around the imLn'ession-cylinder B and between the same and the rst printing- ICO eylinderA, down underand around the guideroller 17, up over and around a guide-roller 1S, the web being perfected between the seeond printing-cylinder C and its impressioncylinder D. From the second printing-couple the main Web passes up over and around a guide-roller h, down under and around a guide-roller t', over and around suitably-arranged turn er-bars T, between the cutting or perforating cylinders 35 and 37, from whence the Web is fed between suitable tapes for feeding and associating the product of the two Webs, as hereinafter described. From a second web-roll W a supplemental Web/w is led over and around a constantly-running feeding-in roller 10, which coperates' with suitable endless tapes 11, the tapes 11 passing over the tape-rolls 12,123, and 14. From the feeding-in roller 10 the supplemental Web w passes up over and around a looping-in roller 15, down under and around a guide-roller 16, through the rst printing-couple formed by the printing-cylinder A and its impressioncylinder-13, down underand around the guideroller 17, up over and around the guide-roller 1S, and is perfected between the second printing-couple formed by the printing-cylinder C and its impression-cylinderD. From the second printing-couple the supplemental web zu passes under and around a guide-roller 19, up over and around the looping-out roller 20, down over the constantly-running feeding-out roller 21, which cooperates with endless feed ing-out tapes 22, which pass over the taperollers 23, 24, and 25. From the feeding-out roller 21 the supplemental web u" passes down through the cutting or severing cylinders 3- and 34 and is fed into or received by the tapes for delivering and associating the two prodv uct-s, as hereinafter described.

The feeding-in looping-roller 15, as shown most elearlyin.l `ig. 2, is journalcd in pitmen 5.1, and the looping-out roller 2O is also journaled in similar pitmen 32, the pitmen 3l and being connected to opposite ends of levers 29, which are mounted on a transverse shaft 30.

The feeding-in and the feeding-out rollers are positively actuated up and down bymeans ot' cams 27, mounted on a shaft 26 and engaging and actuating rollers 2S, carried by the levers 25).

The cam-shaft 2G may be actuated by any of the ordinary forms of gearing and is arranged to make turn for turn with the printing-cylinders.

The constantly-running feeding-in roller-10 and the constantly-runnin g feeding-ont roller 21 may be driven by any suitable form of gearing (not necessary here to show or describe at length) and are arranged to turn at one-halt` the peripheral speed of the printingcylinders.

As shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 12, those portions of the printing-cylinders A and C Which printupon and perfect the supplemental Web may be provided each With a sinpression interval and a non-impression intcrval during each revolution.

The constantly-running feeding-in rollers and the looping-in rollers for the supplemental web are proportioned so that the supplemental Web fed into the press is taken up by the looping-roller, and the supplemental web through the printing-press is withheld during a non-impression period and is advanced by the combined action of the looping-rollers and the constantly-running feeding-rollers at the same peripheral speed as the printingcylinders during the impression interval; and it follows, therefore, that While two imprints will be made in the length of the main web w a single imprint will be made on the supplemental Web u".

Referring now to the arrangement of the devices forassociating and delivering the product from the press, it will be seen that the supplemental web tlf', after passing the cutting-cylinders and 34, is fed into and between the constantly-running tapes a and The tapes a and b move at the same speed as tapes c and d for the main web, and the sheets eut from the supplemental Web w will be accelerated, a space along the tapes alternating with each printed sheet, the sheets from the web w being fed by the tapes a and b to a suitable collecting cylinder L. As shown most clearly in Fig. 3, the endless tapes a pass over the guide-roller 39, over and around a guide-roller 43, under and around a guide-roller 42, over a guide-roller 41, over and around a guide-roller 40, and complete their travel back to the guide-roller 39. As shown iu Fig. 4, the endless tapes b pass from the guide-roller 44 over and around a guideroller 43, over the collecting-cylinder L, un-

der and around a guide-roller 45, and complete their travel baolr to the guide-roller 44. The main web w, after passing the cuttingcylinders 35 and 37, as before described, is led between the constantly-running tapes c and d, and the sheets from the main Web w are led to the collecting-cylinder L. As shown in Fig. 5, the endless tapes c pass around the tape-pulleys 4G and 47. As shown in Fig. (3, the endless tapes CZ pass from the tape-101148 under the collecting-cylinder L, under and around a guide-roller 42, over and around a guide-roller 41, over and around the taperoller 52, over the tape-roller 55, down between the tape-rollers 51 and 52, down and under the guide-roller 49, and complete their travel back to the roller 4S.

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To insure the printed sheets being properly placed upon and delivered by the endless tapes,I provide suitable small guides g, as shown most clearly in Fig. 7.

The collecting-cylinder L is provided with the usual grip ping devices and with thensual oscillating stripping-fingers N, as most clearly shown in Fig. 7, and when a ten or fourteen page product is desired the collecting-cylinder L is preferably arranged to collect two of the printed sheets from the main web yw and ,to associate the same with a single printed sheet from the supplemental web w. From the collecting-cylinder L the associated sheets are fed up between the tapes u and d, and are brought into position to be engaged by any suitable form of folding device, as shown at M.

the mechanism before described it will be seen that the two webs can be led in position, one over the other, and sheets from each web can be associated from sheets eut from the other web.

Suppose now that, as before described, my press is made three pages wide. rlfhen I can obtain two four-page papers 'for each revolution of the printing-cylinders in the ordinary way, and when four-page papers are thus produced the supplemental web is not led into the press, nor are plates put upon the portions of the priming-cylinders which print the supplemental web.

I can obtain a six-page paper by running the main web and supplemental web both at i'ull speed and simply associating the two webs, as shown in Figs. S and 9, when the product will be two six-page papers for each revolution of the printing-cylinders- I can obtain an eight-page paper by runnin g the press simply with the main web andv associating two four-page papers, when the product will be one eight-page paper foreach revolution of the printi11g-cylinders.

I can obtain a twelve-page paper by running the main web and the supplemental web at full speed, associating' the two webs to form six-page papers, and collecting the two six-page papers to form the twelve-page paper, as shown in Figs. 14: and l5. Of course, instead of running separate full-width and supplemental webs through the press at full speed, as indicated in Figs. S and la, asingle web of a width equal to that of the main web plus that of the su pple mental web can be run through the press and slit into sections of the desired width in the ordinary Way. These are the only products that can be obtained with the ordinary three-pa-ge-wide press, and it will be seen that it leaves the ten-page paper out.

New it is extremely desirable to make a marketable press three pages wide, so that the same will deliver a ten-page product.

As before described,\vhen the supplemental web is used the same will be led into the press without passing through the web-manipulating mechanism; that is7 the web w will be led from the web-roll lw over a roll or guide 2v2, and thence through the press over thev same rolls as the main web w, and the two webs will be associated in the associating device, the supplemental web then not passing to the cutting-cylinders 33 and 3i, which turn at half the peripheral speed of the cutting-cylinders 35 and 37; but now, if a ten-page product is wanted, the supplemental web tu is led through its feeding mechanism and then to the cutting-cylinders 33 and Si. By this arrangement the supplemental web will be fed into and out of the press at one-half the speed of the main web, the web alternately standing still and running between the guide-rollers 1G and 19, and in this arrangement only one plate being put on the printing-cylinders to print on the supplemental web, as shown in Fig. l2, which shows the arrangement of press, and Fig. 13, the product obtained thereby. Sheets are then cut from the supplemental. web by the cutting-cylinders 33 and 331., and these sheets are associated with two sheets cut from the main web. By this means a ten-page product can be obtained and still leave the press in its ordinary shape. This is a very desirable arrangement.

VAgainJ il my invention should be applied to a press four pages wide, the supplemental web being the same width as the main web, the two webs could be run together at full speed, and two eight-page products could be obtained for each revolution of the printingcylinders, as shown in Fig. 10, or, again, two eight-page papers could be associated to form a sixteen-page paper. Of course instead of two webs two pages wide a single web four pages wide could be run through this arrangement of press and such web slit into two sections to be manipulated as above described. A ten-page paper could also be obtained in a four-page-wide press by running the same as shown in Fig. l2, and,further, afourteen-page paper could be obtained by organizing the press as shown in Fig. 1G, which shows how the press is arranged, and Fig. 17, the product thereof. In this case a three-page-wide web is run at full speed and is associated and collected to form twelve-page papers, and a supplemental web is run at half-speed and one sheet therefrom is associated with the twelvepage papers to form the fourteen-page product. 3y this means the ordinary fourpage-wide press can be arranged to produce a fourteen-page product and the printingcylinders run at a constant speed. A slitter Z and a supplemental turner-barT are used in this arrangement, as shown in Fig. 1G.

Of course any web associating or collecting mechanism could be used, and of course as many plates may beused on the printing-cylinders either axially or circumferentially as desired, and the two webs run at any desired relative speed iu the further carrying out of my invention.

In some cases it may be desirable, when IOO both webs are run at full speed, as in the arrangements shown in Figs. 8, 10, and 14, to use one Wide Web instead of two.

Again, any kind of a suitable Web-manipulating mechanism that will withhold the supplemental web during the non -impression period can be used without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Again, when the supplemental Web-manipulating mechanism is not used the same can be thrown out of gear, if so desired.

My invention oi' course is applicable to any form of rotary web-printing press.

In the particular devices chosen te illustrate my invention I have shown presses arranged with the columns runningaround the same. This is the preferred but not the necessary way to carry out my invention, as my invention can be used as Well in a press in which the columns are arranged parallel With the axes of the cylinders. Therefore I do not Wish to limit my invention in any sense to 'the details herein shown and described, as the same may be varied and arranged by the ordinary printing-press designer in many different ways without departing from the scope of my invention, as expressed'in the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Iietters Patent, is-

I. The combination with a rotary Web-printing press capacitated to print upon a plurality of webs, and in which the cylinders run at a constant relative peripheral speed, means for Withholdin g one of the Webs during a part of the revolution of the cylinders, and guiding devices arranged so that another web can be led through the press at the peripheral speed of the cylinders, substantially as de-' scribed.

2. The combination with a rotary Web-printing press in Which the cylinders run at a constant relative peripheral speed, of guides whereby one Web may be led through said press continuously, at full speed, and Webmanipulating mechanism whereby another web may be led through said printing mechanism at full speed for one-half a revolution of the printing-cylinders, and Withheld for the other half of the revolution of the printing-cylinders, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a rotary Web-printing press of guides for leading a Web continuously through said printing mechanism at full speed, a Web-manipulating mechanism for another web arranged to alloiv the same to run alternately at full speed, and then to stop the same for each half-revolution of the printing-cylinders, and a collecting or associating mechanism for collecting or associating the product of the two Webs, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a printing-machine adapted to print upon a plurality of Webs, of a web-feeding device adapted to alternately advance and withhold one only of the Webs, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a Web-printing machine adapted to print upon a plurality or' Webs, and through which one or more webs maybe run at full speed, of a web-feeding mechanism adapted to alternately advance and withhold one of the \vebs,and means for associatin g or collecting the product of the We bs, substantially as described.

G. The combination With a Web-printing press adapted to print upon a plurality of Webs, and through which one or more of the webs can be run at full speed, of suitable guides, and a Web-feeding mechanism arranged so that one of the Webs can be run either at full speed, or so that the same can be alternately advanced and withheld by the feeding mechanism, substantially as described.

7. In a printing-machine, the combination 0f a Web-guiding mechanism for a main web, a eontinuously-operating feeding-in device for a supplemental Web, a continuously-operating feeding-out device for the supplemental web, and looping-rollers for Withholding the supplemental Web during a non-impression period, and for advancing the same during an impression period, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a printing-machine, feeding-in and feeding-out devices for a supplemental weh-adapted to feed the web at substantially one-half the speed of the main web, means for Withholdin g the supplemental web during'a non-impression period, and for advancing said web during an impression period, with guides, whereby a main Web can be run at full speed through the machine, substantially as described.

9. In a printing-machine, the combination of a web-guiding mechanism for a main web, constantly-running feeding-in and Jfeedingout devices for advancing a supplemental- Web at one-half the speed of the main web, and looping-rollers for intermittently feeding the supplemental web through the printing mechanism, substantially as described.

10. In a rotary printing-machine, the combination of a printing and impression cylinder for printing upon two Webs, means for constantly advancing one Web, and means for Withholding the second Web during a nonimpression period, and for advancing the same during an impression period, substantially as described.

Il. In a printing-machine, the combination of printing-cylinders and impression-cylinders for printing upon and perfecting two Webs, means for constantly advancing one ot' the Webs, means for Withholding the second web during a non-impression period, and for advancing said web during an impression period, and means for associating' the products of the webs, substantially as described.

l2. In a rotary printing-machine, the combination of printing and impression cylinders for printing upon and perfecting two Webs, means for constantly advancing one of IOO IIO

the webs, and means for intermittently advancing the second web through the printing mechanism, substantially as described.

13. In a printing-machine, the combination p during` a non-impression period, and for advancing said Web through the printing mechanism during an impression period, and means for associating the products of said Webs, substantially as described.

l5. In a printing-machine for printin g upon and perfecting two Webs, the combination of a Web feeding;` and guiding mechanism for a supplemental web adapted to feed the supplemental web to and out of the printing` mechanisms at one-half the speed of the main Web7 and a mechanism for collecting sheets cut from said Webs,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing,` witnesses.

II. A. VISE WOOD. fitnesses c LOUIS W. SoU'rrrGArE, EDWARD C. MANNERS. 

